The DAP Disciplinary Committee has accepted the explanation given by central executive committee member Ronnie Liu for an article criticising Bersatu chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.<br /><br />Committee chairman Chong Chieng Jen in a statement on Tuesday said the committee had earlier issued a show-cause letter to Liu for his article entitled "Mahathir: The Paper Tiger" on Oct 22 and had received a lengthy explanation on the matter from the Sungai Pelek assemblyman.<br /><br />He said all DAP members were advised to resort to internal channels to resolve their differences in the future and refrain from open criticism of DAP's coalition partners.